REGINA – After being selected to win this year’s Mosaic School Nutrition Challenge, ten schools in Saskatchewan will each receive a $15,000 grant to support student nutrition.
“The Mosaic School Nutrition Challenge has supported student nutrition across Saskatchewan for 18 years, making it one of our longest partnerships,” says Marnel Jones, Mosaic’s Director of Government and Public Affairs – Canada. “Through the Challenge, students learn first-hand to grow food, the importance of nutrition, and have the opportunity to create healthy environments in their schools. Congratulations to this year’s ten winning schools.”
The winning projects have goals including implementing or expanding nutrition programs, promoting cooking and gardening, enhancing facilities, increasing educational opportunities, and supporting projects with cultural components. These will be supported by the grants.
For the total of $150,000 in prizes provided by Mosaic, schools from across the province submitted their projects to compete. Schools receiving grants this year are governed by the Horizon, Ile-a-la Crosse, North East, Prairie Spirit, Prairie Valley, Regina Catholic, Regina Public, Saskatchewan Rivers, and Saskatoon Public school boards and the Meadow Lake Tribal Council.
This program began in 2006 to encourage grassroots initiatives to help improve student nutrition.
“We see amazing ideas and initiatives continue to come forward in this 18th year of the Mosaic Challenge,” said Jaimie Smith-Windsor, president of the SSBA. “We are grateful for Mosaic’s ongoing commitment.”
For a list of the winners, see the backgrounder accompanying this media release.